Paul McCartney Concert at Fedex Field a Crappy Experience
by KevinE on Aug 3, 2009 7:33 AM EDT
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I woke up this morning to a caller on DC101 talking about the Paul McCartney concert at Fedex Field this past Saturday night. Although the music was fantastic, everything else was abysmal, resulting in some fans vowing they would never return to Fedex Field ever again:
- Traffic delays of 2 hours for the 50,000 crowd was so bad, they delayed the concert an hour so people could get to their seats
- Water was turned off on parts of the concourse due to a blocked pipe. This resulted in toilets not being able to flush and sewage running out on the concourse. "It stunk real bad" proclaimed the caller. "People were buying water and bringing them into the bathroom."
- "There was hardly any food," another listener says. "They were running out of drinks."
- Major complaints about the extra ticket fees, specifically parking:
"EVERY SINGLE TICKET FOR THE PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT SOLD THRU TICKETMASTER INCLUDED A $10 PARKING FEE ****REGARDLESS**** AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ONE MIGHT TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORATION! I guess that's part of their near $40 per ticket for convenience/shipping fees per ticket. Anyway, I called both TicketMaster and FedEx Field and each one told me that the other one was to blame.
"Whatever, that is plain B.S. and should NOT happen. I asked how many seats were available for the concert as opposed to the number of parking spaces available and GUESS WHAT? Way more seats for parking spaces. So, can you imagine? 8 people in a car makes an $80 parking fee for one car!!!!! It makes me sick that I don't have the option of whether or not I want to pay for parking. If I park, then I pay. If I take public transportation, then I don't pay, it's as simple as that! So who made up the rule to include a per person parking fee in the price of each concert ticket?"
"We certainly apologize to the fans for any inconvenience," said Zack Bolno, spokesman for the Redskins. Bolno blames the backup on a "new audience unfamiliar with the stadium."
Redskins games host 90,000 fans, so it is a little baffling that 50,000 people couldn't get in on time. Although for Skins games, fans trickle in over a 4 hour period versus a concert where most people probably arrive at the same time. Bolno said most people used only one entrance to FedEx Field while four others were under-utilized. I can imagine the anti-Snyder blogs will be in full force this morning. I believe this is Fedex's first event in quite awhile. They will have a chance to make it up when Fedex Field hosts the Real Madrid match this coming Saturday. I added in the Paul McCartney set list after the jump.
Paul McCartney's Set List for Fedex Field events tonight, August 1, 2009!
"Drive My Car"
"Jet"
"Only Mama Knows"
"Flaming Pie"
"Got To Get You Into My Life"
"Let Me Roll It"
"Highway"
"The Long and Winding Road"
"My Love"
"Blackbird"
"Here Today"
"Dance Tonight"
"Calico Skies"
"Mrs. Vanderbilt"
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Sing the Changes "
"Band on the Run"
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"I'm Down"
"Something"
"I've Got a Feeling"
"Paperback Writer"
"A Day in the Life"/"Give Peace a Chance"
"Let It Be"
"Live and Let Die"
"Hey Jude"
McCartney Set Encores:
"Day Tripper"
"Lady Madonna"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"Yesterday"
"Helter Skelter"
"Get Back"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"/"The End"
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The set list looked good at least. Paul McCartney should have been a better experience than that.I have been to a few skins games at Fed Ex Field and have never had that kind of experience.
by JBT on Aug 3, 2009 8:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed...
I could put up with traffic problems for a set-list like that. I bet the parking lot was covered in piss after the show. Good thing it rained yesterday.
by KevinE on Aug 3, 2009 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should of seen the parking lot after the Jonas Brother concert at the Linc
Bye Dawk has some pics he took when he went
by pas493 on Aug 3, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
can you imagine if these problems happened
if Metallica was playing at Fedex instead? haha
by KevinE on Aug 3, 2009 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Drive My Car
We traveled from Harrisburg PA to see Sir Paul. We stayed in Annapolis MD so the trip to the field would not be that long.
We left our hotel at 6:00 PM the night of the concert. This is where all the fun began, as we approached our exit the traffic was back up for miles. I never experience anything like it.
We got to our seats that cost $250 dollar a piece, at 9:25. Which was almost 3 hours from time that we left our hotel. Needless to sat Sir Paul was just beginning to play Got to Get You Into My life.
The concert ended at aorund 12:15. We went to our call which seem to be miles away and he we go again the traffic is all backuped . We waited in our car till 1:30 till the traffic began to move.
We finnaly arrived at our hotel at aound 2:30 in the morning.
ALL PLEASE BE ADVISED STAY AWAY FROM FEDEX FIELD IN MARYLAND.
by billytomaselli on Aug 3, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dang
Yea, if you had told me you were leaving your hotel at 6pm I would have told you that you were crazy. Especially since the majority of concert fans dont tailgate…man, sounds like a horrible bottle-neck. Fedex is a nightmare for traffic and they’re changing traffic patterns this year to alleviate that. I’m going to the U2 concert in Sept. Even before I heard about this McCartney disaster we all planned getting to the U2 show 4 hours early to tailgate and avoid all traffic.
Did you wave your terrible towel during the encore?
by KevinE on Aug 3, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if the blocked pipes are indications of a bigger problem that might rear its ugly head when the season starts.
by killianskid34 on Aug 3, 2009 8:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s all a conspiracy to get rid of the bathrooms and add more seats.
RAK EM UP!
by VA_Skin on Aug 3, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if i had to guess...
They only sold 50,000 seats and the stadium hadnt been used for almost 6 months. I think it wasn’t ready. I cant imagine this would be a problem for the Real madrid game or any Skins games.
by KevinE on Aug 3, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has happened before...
This has happened at FedEx during a Redskins game – we left it was to disgusting to even go near the bathrooms. FedEx needs some serious reno.
by hokiefan on Aug 4, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Concert Was FANTASTIC
We knew to ride the Metro bec. we’d checked TripAdvisor and had a feeling it would be backed up, what with security and all. The only thing that disturbed our good time at all was the drunks. Why do they have to sell alcohol during concerts? I love to rock and have a great time – but obnoxious fans who act like fools are a nuisance. Otherwise, the concert was a Dream Come True!!!!!
by vintage40s on Aug 4, 2009 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Had a FANTASTIC time also
We stayed up the street, arrived at 6:30, parked in the purple lot and had a fantastic time. We knew Paul would not start until 9:00 because that’s what time he started in New York. We knew he would do 2 encores so when he sung his last song we got out of Dodge. We were in our car, out of the parking lot and back in our room in 15 minutes. Good game plan always helps.
by stonyc on Aug 4, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paul was Awesome!
I’m from out of state but had no problems getting in or out of the lot. I was actually surprised at how easy it was, but I stayed locally and did not have to get on the Interstate so maybe that is where the problem was. I also got there early.
The bathroom situation was really nasty though. That really needs to be taken care of. Still almost anything is worth it to see a legend like Paul!
by Jilli on Aug 5, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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